Two MoonsKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 3 feb. 2015 - 320 pagini Astronomy, politics, and romance join forces in this novel from the writer John Updike has called "one of the most interesting American novelists at work." It's the spring of 1877 in Washington, D.C., and at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Hugh Allison has conceived a secret ambition: to project an image through time and space. But his plan takes on urgent life only when the mathematically gifted Cynthia May enters his orbit as one of the observatory's human "computers." A Civil War widow whose beauty has been shadowed by worry and poverty, Cynthia reluctantly falls in love with the younger Hugh, who missed the war that has haunted her life. But the fate of their love affair -- and of Hugh's heavenly vision -- may be out of their hands, decided instead by an astrologer and by the actions of a dangerously magnetic politician who wields his power over a Senate convulsed by Reconstruction and a wildly disputed presidential election. Masterfully combining historical detail and startling invention, Thomas Mallon gives us a galvanizing story of earthly heartbreak and otherworldly triumph. |
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... Cynthia noted, nipping attractivelyinto the slimwaist. “You can take your places and get started,”he said, pointing ... ask your questions.” With that he was gone, leaving them with one anotherandthe printed exam books. She did have ...
... Cynthia noted, nipping attractivelyinto the slimwaist. “You can take your places and get started,”he said, pointing ... ask your questions.” With that he was gone, leaving them with one anotherandthe printed exam books. She did have ...
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... “And much else besides.” She read Mrs. May's quickexpression, andcould see that she understood there never wasaMlle. Lenormand; and thenthe two women laughed together. “May Ioffer you this?” asked Cynthia. Itwasthe Life of Franklin.
... “And much else besides.” She read Mrs. May's quickexpression, andcould see that she understood there never wasaMlle. Lenormand; and thenthe two women laughed together. “May Ioffer you this?” asked Cynthia. Itwasthe Life of Franklin.
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Thomas Mallon. “May Ioffer you this?” asked Cynthia. Itwasthe Life of Franklin Pierce, which she extracted from her pocket and slid across the table. “It's worth ten dollars, I guarantee.” “And why would you be offerin' it?” “Because ...
Thomas Mallon. “May Ioffer you this?” asked Cynthia. Itwasthe Life of Franklin Pierce, which she extracted from her pocket and slid across the table. “It's worth ten dollars, I guarantee.” “And why would you be offerin' it?” “Because ...
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... Cynthia gathered her skirts and headed for the door, one step ahead ofthelady of the house. But when she got her ... asked, pointing to the planet reader. Cynthiajust smiled andtook astep forward. “Here we go,sir,” said Mary Costello, urging ...
... Cynthia gathered her skirts and headed for the door, one step ahead ofthelady of the house. But when she got her ... asked, pointing to the planet reader. Cynthiajust smiled andtook astep forward. “Here we go,sir,” said Mary Costello, urging ...
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... Cynthia, in response to both questions. Shewanted to calm the man, to ask him who he was and how he'd come to the District, but she couldn't make herself do it. Hewas too desperate a version of herself; theirvery kinship made her want ...
... Cynthia, in response to both questions. Shewanted to calm the man, to ask him who he was and how he'd come to the District, but she couldn't make herself do it. Hewas too desperate a version of herself; theirvery kinship made her want ...
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